diff --git a/beacon_chain/eth1/eth1_monitor.nim b/beacon_chain/eth1/eth1_monitor.nim
index a27d530d9..17935918c 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/eth1/eth1_monitor.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/eth1/eth1_monitor.nim
@@ -322,6 +322,8 @@ proc trackEngineApiRequest(connection: ELConnection,
     if not request.finished:
       request.cancel()
       engine_api_timeouts.inc(1, [connection.engineUrl.url, requestName])
+      if not failureAllowed:
+        connection.setDegradedState(requestName, 0, "Request timed out")
     else:
       let statusCode = if not request.failed:
         200
diff --git a/vendor/nim-kzg4844 b/vendor/nim-kzg4844
index d43f988da..35fd5337d 160000
--- a/vendor/nim-kzg4844
+++ b/vendor/nim-kzg4844
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d43f988daaf31b73bf1e73d6b9593a763b628b87
+Subproject commit 35fd5337d38931d06fe828d65243a5a5b70db123